The Secret of Success

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Your best chance of success is by doing what you really want to do. Ask yourself, "If money for free?" Then just do what you like to do.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Think about what you are going to do. You have to start somewhere and it may be quite a real beginning. Whether you are beginning in business or you're dreaming to be a star, you have to start at the bottom.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Great ambition(目标) is necessary. An English student called Richard Branson opened a student magazine when he was only 16 years old. But he didn't stop there. He also opened a record business with many shops, and now his company has planes, trains and cars.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} The only people who succeed without hard work are lottery(彩票) winners. You need a "can do" attitude(态度) and you must work step by step, which will help you get what you really want. You are on the right way to win the success.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} If you always say someone is successful, it doesn't mean anything to you. Learn from those who have already succeeded in something, especially where they do the same as you want to do.

A. Think big                     

B. Start small

C. Follow the leaders             

D. Find the work you love

E. Be prepared to work hard

    Mr Hu is an English teacher in China. He loves teaching very much. One day when he is giving an English lesson, he finds the headmaster(校长)sitting at the back of the classroom. After class, the headmaster tells him that he comes to his class to find out how much English and how much Chinese he is using. The result is about half English and half Chinese. The headmaster tells him that he should use more English in his class. Mr Hu makes a plan like this: Talk with an Englishman every Sunday for two hours to learn more English expressions(习语);Write some English expressions on cards; Have a five-minute talk in English with students before class; Speak more English in English classes.

    One year later, he finds he can use English freely.

    Travel can teach kids more than a textbook. Travelling with kids is good for them. They can find new interests. Travel makes information alive for kids, and makes it much more exciting than studying textbooks or doing experiments in the laboratory. While travelling, they learn how to deal with new situations, and communicate with other people. They learn patience, because sometimes it takes a long time to get to some exciting or interesting places.

    I've been travelling since I was seven years old. For me, to stop travelling would be like taking something away from my soul（灵魂）. I can't live without travelling. Some people think it's hard to travel after having kids. But in my opinion, when people become parents, it doesn't mean they can't travel any more. My children have been travelling since they were three weeks old.

    Bringing a new life into the world comes with many responsibilities（责任）and I'd love to be a good mother. One of my duties is to educate my children. I'm so thankful that my parents took me on family trips when I was young. I've learned that the outside world is more colorful than the little one I was living in. Of course, I want to pass these travel experiences on to my children.

    I value the memories I have travelling with my children. I'm sure they will always remember them in their lives.

    Men have always wondered about the earth they live on and about the ①_____ above them.

    When early men looked at the night sky, they asked themselves a lot of questions. They looked at the moon, and wondered what this strange bright object in the sky was. They did not understand why it changed its shape from night to night. They looked at the stars and planets. They also wondered why some of them changed their positions, while others did not.

    ②他们也思考地球的形状。 Most early people believed the earth was flat.

    ③In different parts of the world, there were different ideas about the universe. The ancient Greeks were the first people to study the universe(宇宙) more scientifically. In the sixth century BC Pythagoras put forward the idea that the world was round. However, he could not explain why people at the bottom of the world did not fall off.

    It was not until the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that scientists found the answers to some important questions. ④With the help of Galileo's telescope, people could see the sky more clearly, and find the positions of the stars and planets. Finally in 1665, Isaac Newton explained to the world what gravity (重力) was and people at last understood why they did not fall off the earth.

    I have a lovely dog named Bobby. He looks pretty with short legs, big ears and short tail. He is my good friend and he is also easy to take care of. I walk him at least twice a day, feed him and spend time with him. He also gives his love to me in return.

    He is always there to lick me and lie on me. I like playing with him. I think he can tell when I am happy, sad, angry or troubled. Sometimes he can be noisy and run around the room. In a word, he is not only my dog, but also my friend.

    I love him. He can roll on the floor. He can play balls with me. He can look after my house when I am out. Bobby is very clever. But sometimes he isn't.

    One day Bobby runs away. He is out for three days. After he comes back, I tie him to a tree and give him some food. Bobby begins to eat. But then he stops. He sees a fox. The fox is looking at his food. Bobby barks and barks. He wants to catch the fox. But he can't. The fox runs round the tree. Bobby runs after the fox. So the rope goes ground the tree. Of course Bobby can't run. Quickly he eats up the food and runs away.

    I'm Frank. Today is December 24^th. It's my sister Sally's tenth birthday.

    In the morning, my parents take us to Lucky Clothes Store first{#blank#}1{#/blank#}

    Then we go to Green Bookstore{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. In another store, my father buys a basketball for her{#blank#}3{#/blank#}.

    In the afternoon, my parents have a birthday party for Sally at home {#blank#}4{#/blank#} . Nick gives Sally a new pencil box. Anna gives her a dictionary {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. We play games and eat fruit at the party. We are really happy today.